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The first thing you notice at Perform to Learn preschool is the puppet theatre. The North Street school is all about self-expression and the arts. But since September, in between the puppet shows and the dance, children have been learning more high-t...

Retirement isn’t something 84-year-old Edwena Smith has ever considered. She was a teacher at the Berkeley Institute for 25 years and then worked in insurance. For the past 18 years she’s run a business teaching English as a second language, out of...

In October, teams from Warwick Academy headed to Vancouver to take part in the International Independent Schools’ Public Speaking Competition, which also included Saltus and Bermuda High School. Over a four-day period, 156 students from eight differe...

Generation Z and iGen is this week’s Young Observer focus. Here are the top ten Generation Z and iGen questions answered. What is the name for the generation born after Millennials: Gen Z, iGen, Centennials, or something else? Generation names often...

Victoria Mello knew she was in for a challenge when she offered to make dresses for orphans. She’d never made one in her life. Still, her final project at Somersfield Academy required her to do something she loved, and she loved stitching. “I had an ...

Photographer Jessica Riederer is passionate about Bermuda Wildlife and Landscape Images — and not just because it’s her first book. She’s loved the subject matter since she was a child, and incorporated it into her career as an environmental educato...

It’s hard to imagine a teacher having trouble with learning. As a child, Cindy Corday stuttered and struggled with pronunciation; Lindsey Sirju had a severe speech impediment and spent a long time in speech therapy. They now share their experiences ...

Susannah Cole loves organising things. Her office supplies are carefully filed and labelled in a multi-drawer toolbox. Her students learn the system before they take a highlighter or stapler — so they know exactly where to return them. “If I wasn’t...

Shirley Pearman used to get a lot of parking tickets. The 77-year-old often lingered too long volunteering at the Bermuda National Gallery. She’s a person who likes to get things done, no matter how long it takes. Eventually she started taking the...

While students were enjoying their midterm break in October, Davida Morris of Greenrock travelled with two teachers and two students from the Dalton E. Tucker Primary School to London, England to attend the Water Explorer’s International Event and pr...